Greenview Plantation: a fair home for fowl
Article Abstract:
Greenview Plantation in Prince George County, VA, is a house built in the 1730s, which is home to more than 2,000 waterfowl that include barhead and Andean geese and the Bronze Wing duck. More than 90 different kinds of birds from various countries reside in the plantation's aviaries.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
The Bacon's Castle garden
Article Abstract:
Bacon's Castle located in Surry County, VA, is one of the oldest houses in the state having been built in 1665 by Arthur Allen. It has six major garden beds which have long been lost to rambling grass but were discovered after an infrared photography of the property in 1974.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Plimoth Plantation: early gardens of survival
Article Abstract:
Plimoth Plantation is a diamond-shaped village in Plymouth, MA, that was built by the Pilgrims in 1627. The garden stands tribute to how the Pilgrims grew their own food to survive winters and how they decided that medical remedies would have to come from their garden.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Researching plantation records. The Salem Witch Trials
- Abstracts: Mightier than the Mouse? A fair future for product design. IDSA conference
- Abstracts: Stencil traditions: designs for today. Discovering Rhode Island. Uncovering stencil history
- Abstracts: A Florida artist at home. Masterworks: a visit to the tin man. A man's home is his castle
- Abstracts: A dog's life in art. The needle and the haystack. Do-it-yourself decorating